Driver shot and killed, baby in car uninjured in Northeast DC

The driver of a car with an infant passenger was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Northeast D.C.

D.C. police said a man was driving on 21st Street Northeast, near the Carver-Langston neighborhood, when he was struck by gunfire and crashed his car into a pole.

It happened around 4 p.m. Friday.

Police said a baby was found in the car but not injured.

Below is a map of the area where police said the driver was shot.

This is a developing story. Stay with WTOP for more details. 

Thomas Robertson

Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.

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